# salvia
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin salvia (“sage”). Doublet of sage.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsælvɪə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

salvia (plural salvias)
* A plant in the genus Salvia, such as sage.
** 2007 July 12, Leslie Land, “Garden Q.&A.”, in New York Times‎:But strong-stemmed bushy plants like salvias, coneflowers, cosmos, marigolds, nicotianas and zinnias should be cut back only to the next strong branch or pair of branches.
** Salvia divinorum, a plant used for its hallucinogenic properties; diviner's sage.

#### Derived terms

* red salvia

#### Translations
### References

* Salvia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Salvia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Salvia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

### Anagrams

* saliva, Valais, Alavis, Avilas, avails, Slavia, Saliva

## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish salvia, ultimately from Latin salvia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɑlʋiɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝lʋiɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑlʋiɑ
* Hyphenation: sal‧via

### Noun

salvia
* sage, Salvia officinalis (herb)
* sage (this plant used in cooking)
* sage (plant of the genus Salvia)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of salvia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
salviani
salviani
accusative
nom.
salviani
salviani
gen.
salviani
genitive
salviani
salvioideni salvioitteni salviaini $^{rare}$
partitive
salviaani
salvioitani
inessive
salviassani
salvioissani
elative
salviastani
salvioistani
illative
salviaani
salvioihini
adessive
salviallani
salvioillani
ablative
salvialtani
salvioiltani
allative
salvialleni
salvioilleni
essive
salvianani
salvioinani
translative
salviakseni
salvioikseni
abessive
salviattani
salvioittani
instructive
comitative
—salvioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
salviasi
salviasi
accusative
nom.
salviasi
salviasi
gen.
salviasi
genitive
salviasi
salvioidesi salvioittesi salviaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
salviaasi
salvioitasi
inessive
salviassasi
salvioissasi
elative
salviastasi
salvioistasi
illative
salviaasi
salvioihisi
adessive
salviallasi
salvioillasi
ablative
salvialtasi
salvioiltasi
allative
salviallesi
salvioillesi
essive
salvianasi
salvioinasi
translative
salviaksesi
salvioiksesi
abessive
salviattasi
salvioittasi
instructive
comitative
—salvioinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
salviamme
salviamme
accusative
nom.
salviamme
salviamme
gen.
salviamme
genitive
salviamme
salvioidemme salvioittemme salviaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
salviaamme
salvioitamme
inessive
salviassamme
salvioissamme
elative
salviastamme
salvioistamme
illative
salviaamme
salvioihimme
adessive
salviallamme
salvioillamme
ablative
salvialtamme
salvioiltamme
allative
salviallemme
salvioillemme
essive
salvianamme
salvioinamme
translative
salviaksemme
salvioiksemme
abessive
salviattamme
salvioittamme
instructive
comitative
—salvioinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
salvianne
salvianne
accusative
nom.
salvianne
salvianne
gen.
salvianne
genitive
salvianne
salvioidenne salvioittenne salviainne $^{rare}$
partitive
salviaanne
salvioitanne
inessive
salviassanne
salvioissanne
elative
salviastanne
salvioistanne
illative
salviaanne
salvioihinne
adessive
salviallanne
salvioillanne
ablative
salvialtanne
salvioiltanne
allative
salviallenne
salvioillenne
essive
salviananne
salvioinanne
translative
salviaksenne
salvioiksenne
abessive
salviattanne
salvioittanne
instructive
comitative
—salvioinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
salviansa
salviansa
accusative
nom.
salviansa
salviansa
gen.
salviansa
genitive
salviansa
salvioidensa salvioittensa salviainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
salviaansa
salvioitaan salvioitansa
inessive
salviassaan salviassansa
salvioissaan salvioissansa
elative
salviastaan salviastansa
salvioistaan salvioistansa
illative
salviaansa
salvioihinsa
adessive
salviallaan salviallansa
salvioillaan salvioillansa
ablative
salvialtaan salvialtansa
salvioiltaan salvioiltansa
allative
salvialleen salviallensa
salvioilleen salvioillensa
essive
salvianaan salvianansa
salvioinaan salvioinansa
translative
salviakseen salviaksensa
salvioikseen salvioiksensa
abessive
salviattaan salviattansa
salvioittaan salvioittansa
instructive
comitative
—salvioineen salvioinensa :

#### Derived terms

* myskisalvia
* valkosalvia

### Further reading

* “salvia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* silava, slaavi

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin salvia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsal.vja/
* Rhymes: -alvja
* Hyphenation: sàl‧via
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

salvia f (plural salvie)
* sage

### Anagrams

* lisava, salavi, saliva, salvai, vasali

## Latin
### Etymology

From salvus (“well, unharmed”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈsal.u̯i.a/, [ˈs̠äɫ̪u̯iä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈsal.vi.a/, [ˈsälviä]

### Noun

salvia f (genitive salviae); first declension
* sage (the plant)

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: sàlvia
* Galician: xarxa, sarxa
* Italian: salvia
* Old French: sauge
** Middle French: sauge
*** → Middle English: sauge
**** English: sage
**** Scots: sage
*** French: sauge
** Norman: sauge
* Piedmontese: sarvia, sàvia
* Portuguese: salva
* → Portuguese: sálvia
* Romanian: salbă (possibly)
* → Romanian: salvie
* Romansch: salvgia
* Spanish: salvia
* → Arabic: شَالَبِيَّة (šālabiyya), سَالَبِيَّة (sālabiyya)
* → English: salvia
* → Proto-West Germanic: *salbejā (see there for further descendants)

### References

* “salvia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* salvia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* salvia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

### Anagrams

* saliva

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* salvien

### Noun

salvia m or f
* definite feminine singular of salvie

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin salvia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsalbja/ [ˈsal.β̞ja]
* Rhymes: -albja
* Syllabification: sal‧via

### Noun

salvia f (plural salvias)
* sage

#### Derived terms

* salvia blanca
* salvia de jardín
* salvia real de México
* salvia sija

### Further reading

* “salvia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### Anagrams

* saliva

## Swedish
### Noun

salvia c
* sage, Salvia officinalis (and the spice produced from it)
    Synonym: kryddsalvia
    Salvia är gott till fläskSage is good with pork
* sage, salvia (any plant in the genus Salvia)
* sage (certain (aromatic) plants similar to Salvia officinalis)

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | salvia | salvias |
| singular | definite | salvian | salvians |
| plural | indefinite | salvior | salviors |
| plural | definite | salviorna | salviornas |

#### Derived terms

* kryddsalvia
* profetsalvia

### References

* salvia in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* salvia in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* salvia in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)